"R" Trivia: Rainbow Order - Message sent out to the German Navy in the last days of the war that called for all ships to be scuttled to prevent them from falling into the hands of the enemy. Upon the receipt of the code word "Rainbow" all were to be destroyed. The order was subsequently cancelled by Admiral Karl Doenitz. Raguet, Conde R. - U.S. Navy officer and graduate of the Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1938. He commanded the submarine U.S.S. Tuna, which was sunk by Japanese aircraft on February 4, 1945, off Palawan. At age thirty, Raguet was the youngest submarine skipper lost with his submarine in WWII. Ramrod - Name given by the U.S. fighter pilots to escort missions for bombers over the continent of Europe. Reno, U.S.S. - U.S. Navy destroyer that sank the carrier U.S.S. Princeton after it was severely damaged in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October, 1944.
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